Knights Set Steak Roast For Sept 24
The Mechanicville Knights of Columbus announce a steak roast on September 24 at Plum Brook Fish and Game Club Stillwater Center starting at 11 a.m. Tickets go on sale Friday via house chairman William Gandrow or from James Summers Francis Yankowski or George Beaver. Special children's events precede the meal and refreshments will be served.
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Mechanicville Knights of Columbus
George Beaver
House
William Gandrow
K. of C
North Main Street
James Summers
Francis Yankowski
Mr. Beaver
Plum Brook
Stillwater Center
Startling
Fresh Air Children Leave Mechanicville Area
Four fresh air children returned to New York City after a month with Mechanicville families. Patricia Lamica, Douglas Travis, Wanda Cannon, and James Jenison enjoyed summer stays with local hosts. Seventeen youngsters total spent varying lengths with area families under Fresh Air Fund auspices, sponsored by Mechanicville Lodge of Elks.
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Mechanicville
New York City
Patricia
Ralph Lamica
Douglas
Carl Travis
Wanda
Michael Cannon
Gansevoort
James
Lewis Jenison
Wilton
Office
Commissioner of Public Safety
John R. Fascia
Fresh Air Fund
West 41St St
New York
Mechanic Ville Lodge of Elks
Carmine DeCrescente
Television Set Theft Reported
Edward Fitzpatrick reports the theft of a portable color television set from Union Supply Co on Park Avenue Me chanicville. The item, brought for repairs, was left on the counter while two men and a woman, strangers in the city, were seen in the area. investigation by Patrolman James Del Preter continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Supply Co
Park Avenue
Mechanicville
Edward Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
William
James del Preter
Mechanicville Man Injured After Vehicle Collision
Mechanicville police report Isadore Cyr of 220 South 3rd Street was southbound on North 3rd Street when his vehicle collided with a parked car. Cyr was taken to Leonard Hospital Troy for chest wall pain and forehead injuries, then released.
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Mechanicville
Isadore Cyr
South 3Rd St
North 3Rd Street
DeSantis Restau
George J
Leonard Hospital
Troy
Lassie League Picnic to Close Season Monday
The Lassie Softball League of Mechanicville, sponsored by Public Safety and the Recreation Committee, winds up with a 3 p.m. picnic at the John F. Kennedy area on South Main Street Playground. Fascia will award trophies to league champions and top players. recent games saw Sharks 18 Yankees 1 and Jets 18 Yankees 1. An All Stars vs Moms clash occurred, and a boys’ team game is slated for Minute Man Field at 6 30 p.m. Tomorrow. The program, started by Fascia with Mrs. Mary Robens, continues in 1968 with 77 girls registered.
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Department of Public Safety
Mechanicville Youth Recreation Committee
John F. Kennedy
South Main Street
Commissioner of Public Safety
John R Fascia
Fascia
Sharks
Yankees
All Stars
Jets
All-Stars
Minute Man Field
Lassie League
Mechanicville
Mary Robens
Stillwater plans 13 acre recreation complex for village
The Stillwater Central School Board of Education announces plans to convert 13 acres into a community recreation center serving residents of the village, town and central school district. Facilities will include a picnic area, playgrounds, tennis courts and ball fields with work underway to clear brush. The summer 1968 opening is planned.
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Stillwater Central
Visit Returns From Gouverneur Report
Mr and Mrs Willard Norton and Gary Travis of Clifton Park Road have returned home after visiting their son and daughter in Gouverneur. Their grandson Robert Jr returned home after completing basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Willard Norton
Gary Travis
Clifton Park Road
Robert Norton
Gouverneur
Robert Jr
Ft. Leonard Wood
Free Kitchen for Cattle Opens in Calcutta
In Bihar State relief kitchens feed millions, while a local group starts a free cattle kitchen. Cow-worshippers donate funds to import fodder from outside areas to save cattle from dying in famine.
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Calcutta
India
Bihar
Consolation softball game set for Sunday in Stillwater
AMM Vamusauge reports a consolation game at 2 p.m. between Sher nan's Tanks and Baldwin's Bombers, both from Stillwater. The Softball League members will also hold their picnic on the Veterans Memorial Home grounds nearby.
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AMM Vamusauge
Shernan’s Tanks
Baldwin’s Bombers
Stillwater
Veterans Memorial Home
Johnsonville Social News Highlights Visitors and Moves
Johnsonville reports guests from Corpus Christi Texas and Tonawanda as families visit for church events and social gatherings. Norman Olink and family joined by Alvin Hoag Sr and Ralph Akin attended pastoral installation. Wayne Akin toured Amish country in Pennsylvania with wife. John Ryan and family move into the former George Akin residence in Troy. West Pawlet visitors include Gordon Getty Frank Bennett Cheryl Barbara Bennett and J D Arnold at Mrs. George Ralston s home.
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Norman Olink
Corpus Christi
Texas
Alvin Hoag
Ralph Akin
Tonawanda
James A. Akin
First Presbyterian Church
Wayne Akin
Pennsylvania
John Ryan
Troy
George Akin
Gordon Getty
Frank Bennett
Cheryl
Barbara Bennett
J. D. Arnold
West Pawlet, Vi
George Ralston
Tenth Picnic Area Opened By County
A new roadside picnic area along River Road north of Pleasantdale brings the county total to ten built under the State Roadside Beautification Program. Thirty youths join the County Highway Department to complete the site in Schaghticoke this week.
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Pleasantdale
Rensselaer
Schaghticoke
Donald Hutwelker
Pittstown
Hoosick
Petersburg
Berlin
Poestenkill
Sand Lake
East Greenbush
Nassau
Brunswick
Troy
Spring Avenue
Averill Park approves 90000 construction proposal
Averill Park Central School District voters approve a 90000 construction plan at Averill Park High School by 200 to 113. The package covers 30000 for equipment 37000 for ground and building improvements and 23000 to build a new roadway at Algonquin Middle School. Only 21600 of the cost is raised by taxes next year and over two years.
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Averill Park Central
Averill Park High School
Algonquin Middle School
Russell Jones
Board of Educa
Robert Strong
Algonquin
Reichard
Lake Road
Jones
Rensselaer County
Special Registration Days Planned In Fourth District
Three special registration days for voters in Troy will be held next week in the 4th 7th and 10th Wards. Registration centers operate Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 9 p.m. at Kennedy Towers Armenian Calvary Congregational and AME Zion Church. Regular central registration remains open and eight additional days are scheduled Oct 3 to Oct 13. Election officials say the drive is supported by community groups and supervised by ReCAP with volunteers sought.
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Stillwater
Veterans Memorial Home
Stillwater Ambulance Fund
Troy
Rensselaer’ County Board of Elections
Kennedy Towers
Armenian Calvary Congregational
Eagle and
9Th Streets
AME Zion Church
5Th Avenue
Jay Street
153Rd St
Woolworth’s
Thomas M. Monahan Jr
Henry G. Tutunjian
Troy Community Ministry
NAACP
Commission On Economic Opportunity
David Hutchinson
Recap
Rensselaer County
Auction and food sale planned by Hoosick Crusaders
The Crusaders of the Baptist Church will sponsor an auction and food sale on September 16 on the church lawn. The Fire District Auxiliary will meet Monday night, hosted by Mrs Belle Preble. Local families and relatives are noted visiting or spending time at various homes and lake areas including Lake Champlain and Long Point Lake.
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Crusaders of the Baptist Church
Fire District
Belle Prebble
Alice Cipperly
Benjamin Uroff
Chilldren
Urbanna
Ill
Henry H. Dickie
Long Point Lake
Lake Champlain
Louise Jost
Red Bank
N.J
Charlotte Bovie
Arthur Hungerford
State College
Elizabeth Rice
Greenwich
Bovie
Frank Jost
Sarasota
Fla
Driver Receives Summonses After Mishap
A 19 year old driver was issued two summonses after a one car collision on People's Avenue between 4th and 15th Streets in Troy. Paul E. Warner faces charges for failing to keep right and unregistered vehicle. He is due in Night Traffic Court on Aug. 31. Police say he lost control and struck the boulevard, damaging the undercarriage. Officers Miller and Waters investigated.
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People’s Avenue
4Th
15Th Streets
Troy
Paul E. Warner
West
Sand Lake Road
Warner
Center Boulevard
William P. Miller
John J. Waters
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Johnsonville
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Schenectady
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George B. Cox
Les Denison
Myron Davis
John Taylor
Averill Park
Peerless East
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